Shopping bag



June 24, 1930. A. POTDEVIN I 1,765,539 I SHOPPING BAG Filed Oct. 12,1928 A TTORNEY struction and Patented June 24, 1930 ADOLPH PO'IDE'VIN,OI GARDEN CITY,

COMPANY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW

NEW YORK, ABSIGNOR T0 POTDEVIN YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK SHOPPINGBAG Application filed October 12, 1928. Serial No. 312,005.

This invention'relates to shopping bags of the type wherein a cord isoperatively connected with a satchel-bottom bag to afford therefor acarrying element including a pair of handle loops. 1

An ob'ect of my invention is to provide, in

a bag 0 the type referred to, a novel conarrangement of the carryingcord whereby the loops thereof can be uniformly positioned with facilityat'the top of the bag irrespective of the form or quantity of thecontents of the bag. Another object of my invention is to provide anovel construction of the bottom members of the bag whereby eflicientcord retaining means, integral with the bag members, are provided.

A simple and eflicient form of embodiment of the invention wherebytheforegoing objects are attained is herein illustrated, the scope ofthe invention being defined in the claims. 1

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tubular bag blankwherein the bottom slits and fold lines are indicated.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the slitted outer flap and creased endsupplied with pasteand partially folded in the bottom forming operation;

Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the next succeeding step in the foldingoperation.

Fig.4 1s a similar view, partly in section, showing the next succeedingstep in the folding operation preparatory to the application of thecarrying cord to the bag.

Fig. 5 is a similar view, showing the carrying cord as applied to the bapreparatory to the step of fixedly and slida 1 securing the respectivemembers of the cor to the bottom ofthe ba Fig. 6 1s a similar view,showing one of the members of the cord slidably secured to the bottom ofthe bag.

Fig. 7 is a view of the completed bag in .open condition.

Fig. 8 is a longitudinal vertical section through the bottom of the bag.

Figs. 9 and 10 are details of the overlapping and fastened ends of thecord.

. edges, as at permit extended at their upper The bit herein illustratedcomprises a front n 11, a bao 12, and a satchel bottom 13, which bottomwhen the bag is empty and collapsed is foldable against one side of thebag as usual. This bag is composed of a flat tubular body of paper, orother suitable material, hav ng at one end thereof pairs of parallellongitudinal slits 14 between which central flaps 15, 16 are formed. Inthe manufacture of the bagthese flaps are held at their free ends andpulled longitudinally of the body of the bag In opposite directions toeach other,

thus drawing the opposite end portions of the body into bottom folds 17of general V formatlon, from which the flaps 15, 16 extend outwardly, asrepresented in Fi 2. These flaps are then folded one upon t e other andsecured together and to the bottom folds, suitably-disposed areas ofaste 18 having been previously applied to t e upper surfaces of the flip16 and the folds 17.

In ig. 3 the flap 15 is shown as folded and secured to the underlyingbottom folds, prepa'ratory to the folding of the flap 16, and in Fig. 4the latter flap is shown as folded to complete the formatlon of the bagbottom.

According to a feature of my invention the 16 is transversely slitted toa suit able extent inward from its respective lateral 19, to form a pairof supplemental tongues 20, 21 which may be flexed toward and from thebag bottom when themain body of the flap 16 is folded and secured inplace, it being noted that the paste is applied to the flap 16, asindicated at 22 Figs. 2 and 3, to the flexing of the tongues. Thesetongues aflord simple and eflicient means for securing an endlesscarrying cord to the bottom of the bag as will presently appear.

The front'and back of the bag'blank are ends, as at 23, and theextensions are inwardly folded and may be pasted to the front and backrespectively, thus reinforcing the margins of the bag. These reinforcedmar ins are provided with corresponding pairs ofspaced-apartperforations 24. The front and back are also provided with similar pairsof perforations 25 below the perforations 24, said perforations 25 beingsomewhat above the upper edge of i upward and the end passed to theexterior the end the perforations in the back of the bag, wherev the bagbottom when the latter is folded flatcarrying cord 26 of suitable lengthis applied to the foregoing described bag as follows, reference beinghad more especial- 1y to Fig. 5.. One end of the cord is passed into theinterior of the bag through one of the lower rforations on one side, saythe back, 0 the bag. The cord is then drawn the bag through the aligningupper perforation 24 at the top of the same side of the bag. The end ofthe cord is then passed lnto the interior of the bag through theadjacent upper perforation 24 in the same side of. thebag, and the cordis drawn downward and plassed to theexterior of the bag throught sameside of'the bag. e cord is then drawn downward and around the bottom ofthe bag and upward. The end isthen passed into the interior of the bagthrou h one of the perforations25on' the other si e, say the front, ofthe bag,- and is threaded through the remaining perforations of thelatter in} the same order as described with-respectto upon the leadingend of the cord meets the other or trailing end of the cord at thebottom of the bag and the two ends are fastenedtogether,- thus producingan endless carrying 1 cord embodyin two longitudinal suspension memberson cue side thereof, handle loops 27 at the tops of the respectivesides, and spaced apart transverse supporting loops 28 at the bottom ofthe bag.

The overlapping ends 29 of'the cord are fastened together, preferably byspaced-apart wire staples 30 applied thereto and clinched, as seen inFigs. 9 and 10. The connected ends are place upon and transversely ofthe bottom of the bag in close relation to the tongue 20, which tongue,being coated on its underside with paste 31, (Fig. 6) is folded upon andpasted to such ends and the bottom fold 15, thereby fixedly securing thecord to the latter. The adjacent parallel member of the cord is locatedupon and transversely of the bottom of the bag in close relation to thetongue 21 and the latter is then folded over the cord and pasted to thebottom fold 15, only that portion of the tongue 21 in contact with thefold 15 being provided with paste, as indicated at 32, Fig. 5. Hence thelc)ord is slidably secured to the bottom of the From the foregoing itwill be seen that my invention provides a simple and handy shopping bagwherein the two spaced-apart supporting strands which extendtransversely of the bottom of the bag are fixedly and slidably securedto the bottom, respectively, thus permitting the ready manipulation ofthe endlem carrying cord to ensure the proper thereto.

and pasted by machine, with the tongues free to be pasted down'after thebottomof the bag has dried and the cord has been applie It Will also1.1. seen that by the described formation and arrangement of the tonguesin relation to the bottom flaps the two spaced supporting strands of thecord, when it is p I v applied to the bag, extend across the respec 9other lower 'erforation25, in the tive overlapping flapsthroughout thewidth of the .bag bottom, thus'contributing to the strength of the flapsand their paste connectudinally of the side walls and transversely'ofthe bottom of the bag, the bottom strands of the cord beingspaced-apart and interposed between the inner flap and the respectivetongues of the outerflap,'and the said tongues being fastened to thesaid inner flap in a manner to secure the cord to the bag bottom.

2.. A shopping bag com rising side walls, a satchel'bottom therefor,including overlapping sealingl flaps whereof the outer flap is formedwit spacedapart flexible tongues,

and an endless carrying cord looped at the upper end of, the bag at therespective sides thereof and extended through and longitudihall of theside walls and transversel of the ottom of the bag, the bottom stran sof.

the cord being spaced-apart and interposed between the inner flap andthe respective tongues of the outer flap, one of said tongues beingfastened to the adjacent strand and the inner flap, and the other tonfastened to theinner flap only an securing e being the adjacentstrandslidably the bag bottom.

Y 3. A shoppingbag'com sidewalls, a satchel bottom therefor, inclu mgoverlappingsealinglfla'ps whereof the outer flap is formed witspaced-apart flexible tongues, and a carryinglcord looped at the upperend of the bag at t e respective sides thereof and extended through-andlongitudinally of the side walls and transversely of the bottom of thebag, the ends of the cords being overlapped and united, said united endsbeing fixedly secured by and between the inner flap and the adjacenttongue of the outer flap,

and a spaced portion of the cord being slidably secured y and betweenthe inner flap and the other ton e.

4. A shopping ag comprising side walls having pairs of perforationstherein, a satchel bottom, and an endless carryin cord looped at theupper end of the respectlve side walls of the bag and threaded throughthe periterations to extend longitudinally of the side Walls andtransversely of the bottom at spaced locations, said bottom including anouter fla havmg spaced apart integral ton es w ereby said cord isfixedly secured to t 0 bottom at one location and is slidably 15 securedto the bottom at the other location. Signed at the city of New York, inthe count of Kings and State of New York, this 7 10th ay of October A.D. 1928. i

a ADOLPH POTDEVIN.

